Oh no...

After much discussion and persuasion from Jack, this week was spent trying out for a spot on the Markham Waxers novice team. The first try out he went out as a defenceman - but after the 1st tryout he said he thinks he made a mistake and really wants to tryout as a goalie (his true love). The 2nd tryout was this evening, and he really did great, there were 4 other goalies trying out as well. After the tryouts, the coaches came in to the locker room and said to everyone that they were to come out when they were done and get a letter telling them if they made it or not - then they can read it when they get to the car. Jack got his letter, held it tight and opened it in the parking lot - in the rain. Well, he made the A team, quite a feat. I have never seen him so happy.

As we were all leaving in two cars (yes dropping off and picking up our other kids scattered elsewhere throughout Markham), Dana called me on my cell and said "get back to the arena - there is a team meeting right now!" So off we went to find out too much information regarding schedules, costs, time commitments.

Jack's over the moon right now. These kids...man I can't believe the confidence in them sometimes, willing to get rejected is something I couldn't do at their ages. Better them than me I guess!

What's New?

Just in from drinks with my husband...it's not that there's not a lot going on, it's just that there aren't a lot of photos and that's usually the meat of my blogs...I don't know why Jason hasn't been blogging.
What's going on? Jack was in the school play last night, he was the main character "Cheesy" and sang a solo!! WHAT?! Jason & I agreed we would never have done this at his age (or any age I think) and we were so proud of him! There are photos of this, but they will have to follow later. What else...regular routine I suppose, Guides, skating lessons, piano, photo shoots, dog walking...have to post some new photos of Murphy cuz she's more than double the size she was when we got her...we're all loving her even if she is a lot of work! Puppy classes (for the whole family) start next Saturday.
I can't really think what else is going on, Easter came & went, a retainer broke & was replaced, Henry's teacher called me in after school one day to say she needed to go home and take an aspirin...she said he wasn't bad, just really busy...I was surprised he wasn't always really busy, he is at home!
Planning for summer already, Jack's signed up for baseball & Henry for soccer. Jack's also on a 3-on-3 hockey team as their goalie which he's looking forward to. Still haven't figured out what Hannah's summer activity will be although she's going away to Guide camp for a week and camping with a friend's family in Algonquin park too so it's not like she's just sitting around!
This typing is actually pretty hard after a few beers so I'm going to stop now.